World / Asia

Wildlife flee as floods swamp Indian parks 08 Oct 2025 - 03:58 pm

Kolkata: A herd of elephants, along with tigers and leopards, have escaped after raging floods in India submerged two of West Bengal's famed...

Filipino vlogger arrested for Facebook post about president 08 Oct 2025 - 02:19 pm

Manila: A Filipino blogger has been arrested and accused of inciting sedition over a Facebook post authorities described as making a veiled death...

Vietnam records highest flood levels on three rivers since 1986 08 Oct 2025 - 11:17 am

Hanoi: Vietnam has recorded the highest flood levels on three rivers in the country's north in nearly 40 years, state media reported on...

Sri Lanka faces 'uneven', slow recovery from recession: World Bank 07 Oct 2025 - 10:55 pm

Colombo: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's recovery from its worst economic meltdown remains "uneven and incomplete" with many households yet to regain livelihoods lost during...

World Bank lowers Mongolia's 2025 GDP growth forecast 07 Oct 2025 - 07:03 pm

Ulan Bator: The World Bank has revised down Mongolia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for 2025 to 5.9 percent, compared with its...

Thai cabinet approves stimulus scheme to boost growth 07 Oct 2025 - 06:57 pm

Bangkok:Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved an economic stimulus scheme worth 44 billion baht (1.35 billion USdollars) to boost domestic consumption and alleviate the...

Indonesia school collapse toll hits 67 as search ends 07 Oct 2025 - 08:22 am

Sidoarjo, Indonesia: The search for victims of last week's Indonesian school collapse ended on Tuesday with the death toll climbing to 67, an...

Indonesia expands coffee exports with shipment to Saudi Arabia 07 Oct 2025 - 12:12 am

Jakarta: Indonesia has expanded its coffee market with the shipment of 15 tons of Arabica coffee worth 3 billion rupiah (around 180,000 U.S....

UN rights council launches probe into violations in Afghanistan 07 Oct 2025 - 12:00 am

Geneva: The UN Human Rights Council decided on Monday to launch a probe into serious rights violations in Afghanistan, amid growing alarm over...

Snowstorm traps hundreds on Mount Everest 06 Oct 2025 - 10:53 pm

Hundreds of hikers were stranded on the lower slopes of the world’s tallest mountain and the surrounding area amid a weekend of heavy...

Japan Nobel winner hopes award helps advance patient care 06 Oct 2025 - 04:21 pm

Suita, Japan: Shimon Sakaguchi, the Japanese immunologist who won this year's Nobel Prize in medicine, said Monday he hoped the award would help...

Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 63 06 Oct 2025 - 04:08 pm

Sidoarjo, Indonesia: The death toll from an Indonesian school collapse rose to 63 on Monday, officials said, as workers pulled more remains from...

VIDEO: Drone show sparks chaos in China after malfunction 06 Oct 2025 - 01:15 pm

Doha, Qatar: A visual spectacle with drones and fireworks descended into a scene of chaos after several drones malfunctioned, triggering a fire and...

Leopard captured after wandering into Indonesian hotel 06 Oct 2025 - 01:04 pm

Jakarta: A leopard was captured on Monday after it wandered into a hotel complex in one of Indonesia's most popular holiday destinations, sparking...

Over a dozen wounded in rare Sydney mass shooting 06 Oct 2025 - 08:06 am

Sydney: A 60-year-old man was in custody in Australia Monday after police said he shot up to 50 bullets into a busy Sydney...

5.4-magnitude quake hits Kyrgyzstan -- GFZ 06 Oct 2025 - 12:02 am

Beijing: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted Kyrgyzstan at 2029 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said....

Bangladesh deploys warships to protect prized hilsa fish 05 Oct 2025 - 08:31 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh's defence force said it has deployed warships and patrol aircraft as part of a special surveillance operation to protect a prized...